> On 7/11/2011 6:54 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Who said they were poor and ignorant? I
> thought it was well-established that they're
> better off and better educated than average.
>
> No, not you. I was thinking of a lot of people, including our own
> Michael Smith.
Huh? I get back from a week on the boat and find myself hauled onstage by the heels, having not posted a thing in who knows how long. Somebody bring me up to date.
I recall reading something about Teabagger activists which IIRC indicated they were considerably whiter and considerably older than the general population, and maybe slightly above-median in terms of wealth and/or income and education. (These two latter factors are of course much-confounded by the first two). None of this seems terribly surprising -- or ominous.
I do think they're pretty inconsequential, though. Is that the charge I'm being called to answer here?
This preoccupation with crazy-ass clowns on the Right is a favorite liberal campfire narrative. Rrraaaw head and bloody bones! Make my skin crawl, NPR!
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